Hi Stephen P. King Infallibility isn't involved. The typical textbook explanation for realism is, "if a tree falls in a forest and nobody is there to hear it, would it make a sound?"
A realist (such as me) would say "yes." Roger Clough, [email protected] 11/5/2012 "Forever is a long time, especially near the end." -Woody Allen ----- Receiving the following content ----- From: Stephen P. King Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-11-05, 10:17:26 Subject: Re: Communicability On 11/5/2012 9:03 AM, Roger Clough wrote: > Hi Stephen P. King > > Sirius was there before Paul was born. > > That position is called realism. Hi Roger, What makes you so sure? Realism assumes infallibility! -- Onward! Stephen -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
